 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...he; " The next with dirges due in sad array " Slow thro' the church-way path we saw " him borne. " Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the " lay...on the stone beneath yon aged " thorn." THE EPITAPH [5]. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown : Fair Science... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...• " The next, with dirges due in sad array, " Slow thro' the church-yard path we saw him " borne. " Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, "...humble birth, " And melancholy mark'd him for her own. " Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, " Heav'n did a recompence as largely send: " He gave... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...read (for thou can'st read) the "lay THE EPITAPH [45]. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown: Fair Science...humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompence as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...T-IERE refts his head, upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair fcience frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his foul fincere, Heaven did a recompence as largely fend : He gave to mifery... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 542 pages
...reftt his head upon the lap of earth, \ A youth to fortune and to fame unknown, Fair Science frownM not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large waj his bounty, and his foul fmcere, Heav'n did a recompnce as largely fend : He gave to mis'ry,... | |
 | 1806 - 504 pages
...Epitaph at the end of his Elegy in a Country Church-yard. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown; Fair Science...humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. The Latin lines are. written in the margin of page 179 <Jf of William Burton's History of Leicestershire,... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...wood, was he. The next with dirges due, in sad array, Slow thro' the ohurch-way path we saw him borne; Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone, beneath yon aged thorn. Here the words thou canst, are emphatical, as they are evidently opposed to / cannot, which are understood... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...inquiring for the poet, here are his tomb and epitaph :— 1' Here rests his head, upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. •' Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...patron in the heavens, to enliven their prosperity, or to warm their hearts with gratitude and trust ! EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,...humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heav'n did a recompence as largely send ; He gave to mis'ry... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...was he : «The next, with dirges due, in sad array. 'Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne* {Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay 'Grav'd...thorn.* THE EPITAPH; Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknowns Fair Science frown 'd not on his humble birth, .... | |
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The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne ; Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. 
